Reuters photographer Lunae Parracho recently went on a search and destroy mission in the Amazon with Brazils Kaapor Indians. Frustrated by the governments lack of action to keep illegal loggers out of the Alto Turiacu Indian territory, local warriors from several tribes have taken it upon themselves to find logging camps, destroy equipment, and drive out the unwelcome intruders. Parracho documented the scene as Kaapor warriors captured a number of men in the forest, burned their trucks, destroyed their logs, then sent their captives down the road—freed, but without shoes or pants, their hands still bound. The Kaapor Indians and four other tribes—the legal inhabitants and caretakers of the territory—have also set up monitoring camps in areas that are being illegally exploited.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 12:44:55 +0000
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